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Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min
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The Descent of the Nine (1984)
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Summer 1949: end of the civil war in Greece. The last band of guerrillas of the Democratic Army is forced to abandon Mount Taygetus and to head for the sea. Everything behind them has collapsed and they can count on help from no one. In this long, desperate and aimless march, the group will end up by being annihilated by the National Army and the armed villagers.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Adventure, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 122 min
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The Intervention (1968)
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The movie is set during the last days of foreign intervention agains Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: experimental, underground film, slang, slapstick comedy
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Golden River (1977)
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The continuation of the story started by adventure movie "The Lost Expedition" set in 1923.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
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The Conspiracy of Ambassadors (1966)
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Soviet propaganda film set in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. While investigating a murder, Soviet intelligence officers uncover an international treason. Diplomats from several nations are led by the British Ambassador Lockhart in "Ambassadors Treason" against the Soviet communist government.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Adventure, Crime, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min
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The Bushbaby (1969)
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The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free but while doing so misses the boat back to England. After meeting up with a friendly native they try to resolve the situation together. Things take a turn for the worse when it is falsely reported that the native has kidnapped her, thus putting a price on his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
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What Taiga Was Silent About (1965)
Plot Summary:
Ad ventures of a few brave boys deep in Russian taiga.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min
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Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
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Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain Stoloff, occupies the town and, in the name of the Czar, requisitions all the horses for the Russian-Japanese War. With no more horses to steal, Kifke cannot afford to marry Estusha and all the young men in the village are likely to be incorporated into the Russian army. This state of affairs cannot continue and Zavill will take care of things. Written by Guy Bellinger (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again (1971)
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The Russian Civil War is over and the White Guard are all dead or abroad. Some of the exiled nobles are attempting to crown a new Tsar/Emperor abroad, and a couple of impostors are vying for the position. At the same time, some of the Elusive Avengers' old foes are trying to return to Russia, for mysterious reasons. The avengers are assigned the task of finding out what's going on. Turns out the bad guys are after the Russian Crown, which is encrusted with many diamonds and jewels. It is not clear whether the crown is only wanted for the coronation ceremony or if the bad guys are trying to sell it to the highest bidder, but either way they must be stopped. The avengers are after them. Two go to Paris to infiltrate the emigrant community, and the other two work on the Russian soil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min
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Three Fat Men (1966)
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Based on a famous fairytale by Yuri Olesha.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
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Legend About Thiel (1977)
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Based on the book by Belgian XIX century author Charles de Coaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 311 min
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The Last Relic (1969)
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A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
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Samson vs. the Giant King (1964)
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The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission of experts to find a hidden treasure, while at the same time preparing a group of mercenaries to kill the experts after their return.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Yaroslavna, Queen of France (1979)
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Early XI century. Envoys of Henry, King of France, arrive to Kiev and ask Prince Yaroslav for the hand of his youngest daughter Anna. Rich, young and beautiful Anna Yaroslavna, accompanied by the envoys and warriors, sets off to Paris to meet her groom the King of France. But the Byzantine diplomats would do anything to prevent the alliance from happening.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Adventure, History, Musical
Country: Soviet Union, Poland
Duration: 98 min
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Pharaoh (1966)
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Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: epic
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Lyubov Yarovaya (1970)
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This film is set in the time of the Russian Civil War, after the October revolution of 1917. The communist forces are losing a battle over town. They must blow up the strategic bridge, but the explosion is prevented by one anticommunist man, who is posing as a communist commissar. His wife, Lyubov Yarovaya, discovers him. He is asking for her forgiveness, but she is uncompromising and ruthless.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 105 min
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At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980)
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Late 17th century. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade. Peter tries to capture the Turkish fortress of Azov, but with no success: he can win only if he has a fleet. Peter’s ukases provoke the Boyars’ indignation. Europe looks in amazement: the Russian tsar begins to work at a Dutch shipyard learning the subtleties of shipbuilding?! But his training is cut short. Peter has to return to Russia in order to brutally suppress the Streltsy rebellion organized by his sister Sophia.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Drama, History
Country: East Germany, Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min
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Lenin: The Train (1988)
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March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Zürich Germany and Sweden to Sint-Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of Vladimir J. Lenin. Two senior officers support the revolutionary bomb "to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Yet there are some unpleasant clashes between Socialists and enthusiastic workers who are worried about the war. During train travel there comes an end to Lenin's affair with the gracious Inessa, and his wife Nadja is prepared take back him. The triumphant entrance in St. Petersburg will exceed all expectations.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 198 min
Plot tags: philosophical, political, vintage
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Black Arrow (1985)
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In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow (Stephan Chase) to seek justice. The noble Black Arrow foils Sir Brackley's (Oliver Reed) plan to kill one ward (Benedict Taylor) and marry the other. This is a classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson turned into film by Disney pictures.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: period piece
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Untamable Angelique (1967)
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Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: idiotic
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The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard (1988)
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France, XV century. The young Scot, striving to make his worthy efforts, is kindly treated by the king and admitted to the guard. Soon the king entrusts him with a difficult mission - however, the matter turns into an insidious deception. Saving his beloved, the shooter of the guard shows miracles of courage and nobility.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min
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Richard Lvinoe Serdtse (1992)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Adventure, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative
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The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
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1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accusation on trumped-up charges, instigated by the bigotry and racism of his commanding officers. Following a successful attack by the British against the rebels Case is brutally shot by Colonel Drewe, his accuser. The journalist returns home determined to report the true story of The Brigand of Kandahar.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, futuristic
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Against the Ice (2022)
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In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, powerful, dark, period piece
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God Loves Caviar (2012)
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The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece, Russia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, social, weird
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
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The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, period drama
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The Face of Alexandre Dumas: The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
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A lad jousting with his tutor is kidnaped and carried to the Bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask. Jump ten years: Musketeers return from war in Morocco to find Paris starving while Louis XIV and his retinue idle at Duke Fouquet's estate. Louis is enamored with his host's virginal daughter, Valliere, herself in love with Athos. The queen mother calls the Jesuit Aramis to her deathbed to confess that Louis has a twin, "a second born, he was first conceived, the oldest and true heir," the man in the iron mask. Aramis secures his release and hides him while Porthos and Athos school him for his destiny. D'Artagnan remains loyal to Louis: love, schemes and politics entwine.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Treasure Island (2007)
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A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that makes their blood run cold.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, captivating, intense, talky
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Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
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The Hornblower series is based on C.S. Forester's classic maritime adventures - the story of one young man's struggle to become a leader of men. Set against the back drop of the 18th century Anglo-French wars, the bloodiest time in British naval history. Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but obviously mentally unstable captain and eventually must mutiny.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
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The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
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Dauria (1972)
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A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go to defend the revolution, and others - to fight against it. The main hero is the young Cossack Roman Ulybin. At first, this carefree daredevil is preoccupied only with one problem: whether his sweetheart, Dashutka, is to marry him or a merchant’s son, Alyoshka. Roman is killing time fist-fighting with his rival. But little by little, the young man realizes that the world around him has changed, that people are fighting for equality and social justice, and, being a real Cossack, he can’t remain on the sidelines….
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 182 min
Plot tags: epic, sentimental, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic